In 2021, the Pollinator Pathway Project received a $1,000 grant from the Glastonbury Community Fund of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
environmental action
"We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." ― David Brower
2023
concern about articial turf in Glastonbury
Details may be accessed here.
earth day fair
april 22, 2023
pollinator pathway project
We are forming 3 groups to focus on this effort.
• Community education/awareness – this group will work on educating the public about the importance of planting native plants for pollinators. They will work on creating pamphlets and handouts, setting up an informational meeting with a speaker, and maybe setting up a movie screening. They will also talk to nurseries about selling and promoting more native plants.
• Mapping a pollinator pathway corridor – this group will talk with businesses, town hall, neighbors, town residents and farmers to develop a pathway plan. They will also help map out how native plants can be incorporated into existing or new plantings around town.
• Fundraising – this group will work on ideas to help raise money for educational purposes such as pamphlets and handouts, and also to help buy plants, mulch and signs.
bottle bill
The group is still in a holding pattern due to Covid-19 and limited legislative activity. One item that the group is discussing is the idea of separating glass from single stream recycling because glass contaminates everything else, especially with all the breakage.
epr
Why we support EPR – extended producer responsibility.
According to DEEP, Connecticut produces 3/4 ton of waster per capita per year, that translates into about 7 pounds of waster per day per person.
Here in the Northeast we are running out of space. The trash to energy plant, MIRA, in Hartford is closing down in June 2022, municipalities will have to find other ways to dispose of solid waste. This will mean additional cost, and that means higher property taxes.
If the onus for disposal is placed on the producers they have an incentive to find better ways to package products.
Begun in 2019, SkipthePlasticGlastonbury encourages the use of reusable grocery bags, and in an effort to reduce the amounts of non-biodegradable waste entering the trash system, discourage all plastic and styrofoam use.
